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1 minute ago, Van_damage said:
why don’t we have the shares back security as part of the agreement?
I think that's been answered under the "Transfer Of Funds to FFC" section in the members update of 9th September.
"The FSS will raise this with the FFC board to discuss if this is permitted by the related financial regulations and if the proposal is workable. There will be further communication on this as discussions progress."
Why don't we wait and see the outcome rather than worrying about "what ifs" that might never happen?
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47 minutes ago, FFC 1876 said:
U18's drew 1-1 with Montrose today, Montrose keeper saving a penalty and making another great save at the end to keep it that way. Rhys Walker & Logan Sinclair played the full 90.
U16's was 3-2 when I left, 2-2 at half time after a goal and assist each for our striker & winger and then an absolute peach of a goal for our third from the very impressive striker.
Fair few decent looking prospects in both squads.
U16s finished 3-2. Our number nine should have had a hat-trick and was denied by a peach of a save from the Montrose goalie.
I didn't see the U18s as I was with the women on the community pitch. They beat St Mirren 2-0.
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9 minutes ago, Roboccop said:
The Board has to stop telling people that they can only go on if they can work 20 hrs plus for nothing. That stops anyone but moderately wealthy or retired older people to stand. FSS needs indépendant voices on the Board who represent the fans. That is crucial forst and foremost.
Not sure I agree. Being there only to represent the fans is fine when it was just one FSS rep and the rest of the BOD was made up of MSG appointees. (historical example, albeit in those days it was Bairnstrust rather than FSS).
That's no longer the case. The fans ARE the board and the FSS is almost half of it. (or 2/5 to be precise) Every single board member bar one is a fan rep and should be taking the wishes of the fanbase into account when making decisions. Ironically, the only "independent" guy is the one who represents nobody but presumably has skills which are valued.
I can think of a few people over the years who promoted themselves as "the voice of the fans". They criticised everything but offered nothing. We don't need those type of people now. We need ones with skills who're willing to roll their sleeves up for the betterment of the club.
I have no idea what the board members do on a daily / weekly basis. Perhaps with the improvements that have been made in the running of the club, the 20+ hrs requirement could be reduced to 15 or 10. That might be a conversation worth having if it resulted in more people becoming involved.
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Really enjoyed last night. In the second half I was sitting in front of the Ayr fans under the main stand between the old and new dugouts. All they did was moan about their team and scream abuse at players and management. Meanwhile the Falkirk fans at the other end of the ground were signing their hearts out and loving every minute.
"What are you effing passing it back for?"
"Look at the amount of space that c*nts got to run at us".
"Is there any chance one of you useless ****** ***** could put in a tackle?"
The absolute highlight was one of the Ayr players running over to the dugout and yelling who the F his teammate was supposed to be marking.
For the last six years I've been sitting in front of the Falkirk support hearing our fans scream the same things almost every week, Apart from the covid period, when I was reading them online after the match.
Last night the boot was on the other foot. Long may it continue.
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27 minutes ago, GMBairn said:
Another good result, shows a bit of strength in depth with the changes and then the young lads getting on for a lot of the second half.
Will there be highlights? I know there was no live FTV coverage but were the boys there?
Yes they were there and yes they'll produce highlights.
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10 minutes ago, Zbairn said:
My gripe was that the club refused to sell the FSS the requisite number of shares to get there. More so, that the FSS actually got the club out a financial hole last season with the Govt. loan.
I wasn't at the meeting as I was watching the U16s against Alloa and football always takes priority for me.
However, my assumption is that the club will get the FSS money anyway, but by selling the small number of available shares elsewhere they bring in additional revenue that otherwise wouldn't have been available to them. Extra money which helped them sign a player this week.
Is that assumption wrong? If not, then apart from the fact that it put some noses out of joint for a while, it would seem to be a prudent move.
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8 minutes ago, ebobsboy said:
Hopefully means a right back incoming
I doubt the savings from the wage of a modern apprentice would come close to being enough to sign a professional footballer. It's vaguely possible one of the current U18s might get an MA on the back of it, but none of them would displace Finn Yeats.
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1 hour ago, Bairn in Exile said:
More great work from young Luke.
Luke was in Madrid this weekend.
It was a young girl, who like Luke is a media student and volunteers her services on a matchday. Saturday was the first time she's done it on her own.
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3 hours ago, Chinatoon Bairn said:
Won’t hear anything until the prematch towards the end of the week.
In the past you wouldn't have heard anything period until the lineups went out an hour before kickoff. Managers are usually pretty secretive about any injuries which affect their team selection. McGlynn seems to be very open in this regard, at least compared to some of his predecessors.
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3 minutes ago, NUMBER 7 said:
Sometimes the clubs want a comment from the manager a bit too soon after a game is finished. Sometimes they get asked stupid questions, like this guy wanting to talk about “formations” I like Rice and clearly he’s got more passion for the game than some of his players.
Pretty much everyone leaves as soon as the interviews are done, including interviewers. At least at away games. I have no idea if our management remain at TFS well into a Saturday evening but I would doubt it.
So if it's not done after the match the next chance would be Monday. Meanwhile fans are posting on social media throughout the weekend demanding to know the managers thoughts, and occasionally slaughtering the interviewer for asking soft questions. If press and TV get access immediately after a game, I don't think it's reasonable to ask club TV to wait two days.
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Just now, LeodhasXD said:
You can kill the wasps but they always come back next summer.... let's hope we don't take that long.
Out of interest, are you the guy who does the manager interviews? I partially overhead when Rice was being interviewed on a camera phone by someone in an Alloa tracksuit.
I may have misheard, but it sounded like he was pretty annoyed at a question about formations and was having a go at the interviewer. I'm curious to watch the interview now and see what was actually said.
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28 minutes ago, Bairnardo said:
Not overly arsed for the full content of the interviews but itching to find out re Miller
I was standing nearby when the interview was done and there's nothing conclusive known either way. It could be bad, given that he went down without being in a challenge, but we need to wait and see.
Having said that, I watched Calvin walk out of the ground afterwards and he didn't appear to be limping so it may be alright.
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On 24/08/2023 at 23:42, LeodhasXD said:
I only care for an AI generated retort thank you.
Alright then, please generate me an AI image of a wasp being crushed under the wheels of a navy blue juggernaut.
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47 minutes ago, Van_damage said:
Our match vs Cove was asked to be moved to Sunday so it could be featured on Alba so likely our next game there will be broadcast if possible.
Is that likely to happen this season?
I don't mind late kickoffs or midweek games but I have other things I want to do on a Sunday.
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15 minutes ago, Ranaldo Bairn said:
That twitter post with the close up of a wasp's face, crikey, I for one am terrified of what they'll do to us.
In real life, everyone hates wasps. I imagine there are all sorts of memes, YT videos and tiktoks of wasps being crushed to give our twitter admin plenty of material to respond with should we win. Here's hoping....
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4 minutes ago, Hisingdoon said:I would not be surprised if he keeps up his scoring form if bigger clubs-Patrick, Morton, cove-try and bid for him during January or summer and currently it seems that county letting him go was a bad idea
Bigger clubs like Morton and Cove?
It's a bit early in the day to be pished mate.
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3 minutes ago, ShaggerG said:
Don't remember that happening to Higgins, although I wouldn't be a bit surprised! It happened to Myles Hogarth though (one of our current goalie's dad) against, I think, Partick Thistle?
If it did happen, it may have been in what I recall as one of the most horrific goalkeeping performances I've ever seen. Away to Inverness.
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7 hours ago, ebobsboy said:
Anyone any idea why McKay wasn't in the squad tonight? Besides the fact he's dugshite.
He was injured.
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25 minutes ago, StewartyMac said:
Incidentally, I've not seen any highlights - but for the penalty in the first half - The handball looked to have been committed by the Falkirk player, can anyone clarify? Not that it matters of course.
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On 14/08/2023 at 12:42, Quentin Taranbino said:
Start talking smack when you are ahead of us in the league son
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Just now, Van_damage said:
The odd thing about Brockville and all of its advantages, is that despite being in the third tier and outside of town, is that we seem to be averaging a lot more fans than even under the heady days with Alex Totten in charge.
Even in the 2002/03 season when we were romping the league and playing great football, we had only 3,320 for a home game vs Alloa mid March. Our last home game vs Alloa in February we had 4,061. Even under the Rennie season we had 3,366 for the second last game of the season.
I don't have any data to prove it, but I think the Foundation and the growth of community football has helped increase our supporter base. A thousand kids playing in Falkirk jerseys every weekend must have some impact in creating fans of the future.
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1 hour ago, Bairns1994 said:
Agreed. The new stadium should've been as close as possible to the town centre - easier said than done I suppose.
Match days at Brockville definitely had a positive effect on the town as a whole.
At the time we were looking to build a new ground, the only place I can recall being named as a possible location was Stirling Road playing fields. Was probably in the Herald as I think those were pre-internet days. IIRC the flood risk put paid to that idea.
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26 minutes ago, Bairn in Exile said:
Granted, but you can give the opposition too much respect. I hated it when Ray McKinnon did it and I hate it when McGlynn does it. It smacks of a defeatist attitude.
There's often a world of difference between what a manager says in a press interview and what he says in private.
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32 minutes ago, FFC 1876 said:
I take it they were still able to film the game? So we'll still get highlights and interviews when they find a working laptop.
I didn't ask them, but AFAIK yes. They were still visibly "working" during the match so it was still being video'd by the cameraman and the two commentators still had their mics up to their lips so they were providing a commentary for something. I'd assume it will all go on a memory card which the MO will edit into interviews and highlights tonight. The laptop is needed for all the technie stuff associated with a live stream.
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